Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh provinces have been embroiled in a dispute over the control of four islands, but a video ...

By bno - Jakarta Office In June 2025, Indonesia settled a long-running territorial dispute between two of its westernmost ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto has ruled that four contested islands off the northwestern coast of Sumatra belong to Aceh, putting an end to the province’s long-running dispute ...

The walls of water took a similar toll on dozens of other islands that make up the Aceh chain off the northern tip of Sumatra , and on thousands of other seaside communities in Indonesia, where a ...

He explained that Aceh’s claim to the islands is rooted in the 2005 Helsinki peace agreement between the Indonesian Government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). As part of the agreement, Aceh’s ...

Four Indonesian islands returned to Aceh. President Prabowo Subianto announced yesterday that the small atolls will pass from North Sumatra to Aceh, putting an end to a long-standing dispute.

Some three months after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the Aceh region in northern Indonesia, an ITN reporter examines the social, economic and spiritual impact of the widespread decimation.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers were found dead after being caught in traps on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, the latest setback for a species whose numbers ...

The Aceh region of Indonesia, at the northern tip of the island of Sumatra, was one of the hardest-hit areas of Sunday's earthquake and tsunami. The city of Bande Aceh is all but destroyed, and in ...

Palambak Island is part of the Banyak Islands in Indonesia's Aceh Province. (Wikipedia: mesemene) The conditions are so good there was a professional surfing competition there last year.